Research cited in a 2013 Wall Street Journal article found that 70% of an affluent family's wealth is typically gone by the end of the second generation, and 90% is destroyed by the end of the third. Nearly every culture has some version of the axiom …

They're absolutely correct: we should pay for the very valuable service of riding around downtown on the Metromover rather than consuming gas, battling traffic, losing time and building frustration trying to navigate the heart of Miami by car. For …

In a white paper released last month (PDF), the ArchCity Defenders found a large group of people outside the courthouse in Bel-Ridge who had been fined for not subscribing to the town's only approved garbage collection service. They hadn't been fined …

People who work in manual labor and service-industry jobs have made up more than half of the country since at least the start of the 20th century — but they've never made up more 2 percent of Congress. … rare elections that feature a blue-collar …

Gilbert said the city promotes the R-Line as a service for tourists, which he said “suggests a whiter and more affluent ridership.” On the other hand, he said, the CAT buses are ones which riders “rely on to do their grocery shopping, go to medical …

“Yes, there have been a few noteworthy unionization campaigns among immigrants, like the United Farm Workers in California's fields and the Service Employees International Union's efforts among office janitors and hotel workers,” Fox notes. “But on the …

The Office of International Student and Scholar Services works to create policies that serve the specific needs of international students, while the Third World Center works to bring together students from diverse communities. International students …

But they won't be fixed — or even patched, the spokesman said, before a new water tunnel under the bay opens later this year, taking the old pipes out of service. Chang just wants to stay dry and not see water dumped … On his morning drive for …

“Our costs for admissions were £8,000 per patient compared with £13,000 for one of the others even though its population is more affluent. Prescribing … Obesity-related conditions also cost the health service £5bn a year, which affects everyone …